New Jersey Devils vs. New York RangersMar 18, 2026

FinalWednesday, Mar 18, 2026· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	2	1	3	6		NJD	17	12	10	39
NYR	1	1	1	3		NYR	2	9	7	18

: NJD 65NYR 43
: NJD 4.42NYR 1.94
PP goals: NJD 2NYR 0
Hits: NJD 14NYR 25
Blocks: NJD 11NYR 8
PIM: NJD 4NYR 8
: NJD 51%NYR 49%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

New Jersey Devils beat New York Rangers 6–3

New Jersey Devils beat New York Rangers 6–3 at NYR. Jack Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Brown, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 2:12 together.

Points
Connor Brown had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:03.Brown
Points
Jack Hughes had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:48.Hughes
Points
Jesper Bratt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:14.Bratt
Points
Nico Hischier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:52.Hischier
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Brown, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 2:12 together.Hamilton Brown Bratt Hischier Hughes
Usage
Urho Vaakanainen (NYR) played 3:05, −11:06 down on his 14:11 season average over 33 games.Vaakanainen
Goalie
Jonathan Quick (NYR) faced 39 shots and stopped 33 (.846), +12 against a season average of 26.8; the loss.Quick
Usage
Matthew Robertson (NYR) played 21:11, +3:50 up on his 17:21 season average over 71 games.Robertson

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← NJD attacks left (bottom on phones)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · NYR 43 · NJD 65

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR pressure
NJD pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NJD 45% of the game, NYR 20%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NYR

NJD

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

NYR skaters (rows) against NJD skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NYR side.

Matchup matrix

NYR xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NJD	NYR
	64	48
	3.82	2.08
	3.64	2.01
	10	7
	0	1
	35	24
	−0.002	+0.003
	45%	20%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

New Jersey Devils

L1Meier – Hischier – Mercer
13:1355% CF
L2Glass – Gritsyuk – Hameenaho
10:5650% CF
L3Brown – Bratt – Hughes
10:2869% CF
L4Bjugstad – Cotter – Tsyplakov
7:3863% CF
D1Kovacevic – Hughes
15:2674% CF
D2Dillon – Nemec
14:4144% CF
D3Hamilton – Siegenthaler
12:3344% CF

PP1Hamilton – Brown – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
2:12100% CF
PP2Meier – Gritsyuk – Mercer – Hughes – Nemec
2:01100% CF
PK1FHischier – Mercer
1:46
PK2FBrown – Glass
1:21
PK1DDillon – Kovacevic
1:22
PK2DHamilton – Siegenthaler
1:08

Current NJD line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Zibanejad – Lafrenière – Perreault
15:1555% CF
L2Trocheck – Miller – Cuylle
7:4015% CF
L3Sheary – Kartye – Laba
6:0367% CF
L4Raddysh – Edstrom – Chmelar
3:2033% CF
D1Gavrikov – Fox
12:2858% CF
D2Robertson – Schneider
7:3722% CF
D3Borgen – Vaakanainen
3:0117% CF

PP1Trocheck – Zibanejad – Miller – Fox – Lafrenière
2:3250% CF
PP2Sheary – Gavrikov – Raddysh – Cuylle – Perreault
1:03100% CF
PK1FKartye – Laba
1:32
PK2FTrocheck – Cuylle
0:46
PK1DGavrikov – Schneider
1:57
PK2DBorgen – Robertson
0:45

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.65	0	0	0	19:20	—	—	55	55
Timo Meier R	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.98	0	2	0	18:57	—	—	57	68
Nico Hischier C	L1	1	1	2	-1	3	0.55	0	1	0	18:52	—	—	56	57
Arseny Gritsyuk R	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.08	1	0	0	17:08	—	—	53	67
Cody Glass C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	0	0	0	14:25	—	—	50	48
Lenni Hameenaho R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	11:58	—	—	47	49
Jack Hughes C	L3	1	2	3	+1	5	0.66	0	0	0	17:48	—	—	74	78
Connor Brown R	L3	1	2	3	+1	1	0.23	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	73	70
Jesper Bratt L	L3	1	1	2	0	2	0.18	2	0	0	15:14	—	—	56	61
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	10:06	—	—	50	76
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.40	3	0	0	9:43	—	—	63	63
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	8:57	—	—	67	79
Luke Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.10	0	0	0	23:52	—	—	77	87
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D1	0	0	0	+3	2	0.07	2	1	2	20:53	—	—	62	77
Simon Nemec D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	0	1	2	18:53	—	—	52	65
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	3	3	0	18:43	—	—	47	51
Dougie Hamilton D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	1	0	18:27	—	—	48	62
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:13	—	—	42	53

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	18	15	3	.833	1.94	59:28

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.28	3	1	2	21:23	—	—	44	45
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.77	0	0	2	19:33	—	—	55	64
Gabe Perreault R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	1	0	2	19:00	—	—	59	65
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	18:34	—	—	31	9
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	17:35	—	—	32	15
Will Cuylle L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:13	—	—	44	14
Tye Kartye L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	17:09	—	—	50	24
Conor Sheary L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.24	0	1	0	14:10	—	—	64	92
Noah Laba C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	0	0	8:40	—	—	33	42
Taylor Raddysh R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	1	0	9:13	—	—	30	26
Jaroslav Chmelar R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:55	—	—	32	18
Adam Edstrom C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	0	0	8:33	—	—	36	24
Adam Fox D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	1	0	26:44	—	—	61	76
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	1	0	1	0	4	0.13	1	0	0	26:31	—	—	46	37
Matthew Robertson D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.20	2	1	0	21:11	—	—	44	45
Braden Schneider D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	2	0	19:26	—	—	40	13
Will Borgen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	19:19	—	—	18	8
Urho Vaakanainen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	3:05	—	—	17	0

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	39	33	6	.846	4.42	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Timo Meier (NJD) 3rd 6:29 · assists Paul Cotter · Rebound · loose puck · 28.1 mph shot · 5.3 s from entry to goal.

Timo Meier · 3rd 6:29 · NJD

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.1 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 5.3 s
Type: rebound

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Vladislav Gavrikov · 1st 15:20 · NYR

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 57.9 mph
Distance: 49 ft

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Nico Hischier · 1st 16:14 · NJD PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.4 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Arseny Gritsyuk · 1st 19:16 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.5 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Mika Zibanejad · 2nd 0:19 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.4 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 6.2 s

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Connor Brown · 2nd 11:36 · NJD PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 30.3 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: one-timer

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Conor Sheary · 3rd 9:41 · NYR

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.7 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: rebound

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Jack Hughes · 3rd 13:05 · NJD

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 67.9 mph
Distance: 30 ft

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Jesper Bratt · 3rd 16:22 · NJD

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 65.5 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

New Jersey Devils vs. New York RangersMar 18, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils beat New York Rangers 6–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

New Jersey Devils

New York Rangers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New Jersey Devils

New York Rangers

Goal anatomy

Timo Meier · 3rd 6:29 · NJD

Vladislav Gavrikov · 1st 15:20 · NYR

Nico Hischier · 1st 16:14 · NJD PP

Arseny Gritsyuk · 1st 19:16 · NJD

Mika Zibanejad · 2nd 0:19 · NYR

Connor Brown · 2nd 11:36 · NJD PP

Conor Sheary · 3rd 9:41 · NYR

Jack Hughes · 3rd 13:05 · NJD

Jesper Bratt · 3rd 16:22 · NJD